A little help with CPUZ and Orthos...

ferret face · 27 Feb 2007 at 10:41

Can anyone tell me why CPUZ shows Vcore at 1.2V when the CPU's are not stressed and then jumps to 1.4 volts when I run Orthos?

I have turned off all the speed step etc in the BIOS.

Cheers

Ferret

andyh · 27 Feb 2007 at 10:46

What mobo are you using?
Do you have Vcore set to manual or auto in your Bios?
My P5n-e goes the other way so under load the vcore shown in CPU-Z is lower (the dreaded vcore droop on the P5n-e).

WoZZeR · 27 Feb 2007 at 10:59

Mine does the same as the OP, 1.2V at idle then 1.4V under Orthos.

ferret face · 27 Feb 2007 at 11:03

ASUS P5N-E and the vcore is set to manual at 1.4...

I thought that the voltage was supposed to go down under stress (the dreaded Vdroop) not up!!

andyh · 27 Feb 2007 at 12:25

I would prefer it your way round as it will help keep the idle temps lower. What Bios are you using?

andyh · 27 Feb 2007 at 12:31

Just had a look through the user manual and on page2-26 it refers to a feature called Enhanced C1.
"In C1E mode, the cpu power consumption is lower when idle, this item only appears when you install a processor with Enhanced C1E feature".
Not sure if I have this set and I cannot check at the moment due to being in the middle of downloading the CNC3 demo. Sounds like what your describing though.

ferret face · 27 Feb 2007 at 13:02

Bios is 0401 and I've disabled C1E mode in BIos

seems strange..